Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don't have hallucinations..

The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live..

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence..

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible..

Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do..

The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver..

The key to success, is to think things through and then follow through..

I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there..

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are fit to survive. The guarantee….

Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievem….

I don't care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes..

The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to….

Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions..

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared..

I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know, and I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me..

I am not such an egotist as to believe that God has spared me because I am I. I believe there is work for me to do and that I am spared to do it, jus….

Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of greater value than life its….

There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the app….

I believe that if you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you will hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully wit….

I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder..

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality..